The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany - 1952

London: Jarrolds, 1952. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 156pp. Offsetting to prelims, ink name on front free endpaper, previous owner's label on front pastedown, else a very good hardback in a price clipped and edgeworn jacket that has a few closed tears.

London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1952. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 232 pages. A collection of 26 stories by Lord Dunsany. A near fine copy in green cloth boards with some slight tapping to the spine ends in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear.

Jarrolds, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. London: Jarrolds LTD, 1952. First edition. 12 mo. 232 pp. Green cloth with black titles to the spine. Green jacket with green and white lettering. Light edge wear with a couple of small areas of loss to two corners; light soiling and offsetting to the rear panel. Near fine in a very good or better jacket. Front flap is price-clipped as well as the bottom of the flap. An attractive copy.

London: Jarrolds Publishers, [1952]., 1952. First edition. First edition, second state. Fine in second state green cloth-covered boards in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Twenty-six tales each with the variety and originality of plot to not only stimulate the imagination, but also create a state of continuous excitement and anticipation. QUEEN'S QUORUM 109.

London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1952. First UK Edition. Late collection of 26 stories mixing fantasy and detective fiction. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Queen's Quorum 109; Joshi & Schweitzer IA90.a; Hubin p.129. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); second binding in green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 232pp. The author's own copy, posthumously inscribed by his widow, the Lady Beatrice Child Villiers, on the front endpaper: "From the library of Lord Dunsany / B. Dunsany / January 1959." Hint of toning to base of spine and lower board edges, with lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp); Very Good+. Dustjacket is edgeworn and spine-sunned, with shallow losses to corners and spine ends (no loss to text) and a triangular chip to upper left corner of rear panel; handful of short tears, rear panel grubby, with lower corner of front flap clipped and a price of 6/- net left of the clip; Very Good.